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A pee trrrfee tater Biss b i Cosrcdaar Lib tea

bishop. Jozef Glemp ‘on: Sat- officials ‘tapes
‘Wale

urday,' but the leader. of ‘th
now’ banned Solidarity trade

Pi
union later refused comment

on what was
It’ was >: Walesa's

his felease from’ martial ri J
custody: a week a.

5 AATEC

was.brought to an i glorious’ end ‘thi:
bulldozer. kn: down what was left of fl

Bart his career in Casti
Pacific Rail

he |
a lunch room. in. th

his he i
Hotel. The hotel ae ‘be: seen‘in the:

Far right just behind the CPR station.

fresecomeri otter

By CasNows Stall
"and News Services ;
} BC Timber sald this .week
it wil’ permanently ‘close its?
Kootenay’ Forests Products

Plywood plant. in’ Nelson; ha J

‘ing with the’ pecaii formed ‘avold,

ide “'Central Koot vel Voight denied that

plywood, and'a. high-cost

» wood : supply. ‘The. mill has‘:
© between employees, the com: 'trict board: The’ special’ com-

been, closed since Feb.'26:"'

The: Kootenay.‘ closure.
d the B.C. -Feder-

fective
“The provisions of the “col.
lective agreement with : ‘the

ation of Labor. convention, :
beld in Vancouver. this week,

ofAmerica‘ require ‘60. days

notice ‘of ‘a “shut-°
down, but the company said
it expects that ‘agreement
can‘ be reached ‘to‘waive the:

on’
provisions of the ‘conteaét tor wi

allow immediate payment -bf¢
Severtince’ Benefits. 793:

ay plywood. ‘plant em-
ployed Up o/s to. 160
workers in the past, but has .
operated only 41 weeks since
the beginning, of 1981.:be-

;en-
sure the mill is operated. |

“The enolution a

the federatio

Te gett el eth eh
7 riled id to nalts ii ris

ly pass a_resol-.
ition demanding that the «

he th
eldwifter al ee wr

District: committee ‘estab- charge: at'-a‘*meeting ‘last,
listied. to ‘iron’ out problems "month with the regional dis-

pany and the community. - mittee was formed asa result

“It has become clear from of that meeting.
our -discussions (with ‘poten- “In all fairness to our ply:
tial purchasers that: none ‘of - W000: employées,-and “par
them would run the plywood in response to union
lant ‘before stake “Voight | and, other ‘requests, we feel
proper course'of action at

¥ for’ ‘the?
eter sii oe gentlemen fe: 2 amount to about $1 mailfor

Ea yaa BC ‘Timber’s
‘vice-president, lumber,’ ma:
-ufacturing,
nouncemient

ig 3 ‘said the’ permanent
i only to’ the

f Béveratice pd
and there. afféeted *einplayeea? will”

shut ‘down’ for several
months, will continue its. in-

definite shutdown.” %\.”»
“He “added ‘that \the com:
pany is still secking ‘purchas- .
iKFP' mill ©

complex.

Nelson re:
announce!

\YWe. don’t sascept this,”
5 seid Dennis, Bannert: of Nel.)

son, executive member of th
TW Assia: arrestin

and bas also been” 3

VANCOUVER. | (cP) ae
B.C. . Resources: Investment
Corp.'s bid to put Kaiser Re-
sources Ltd./into bankruptcy:

will Bo, to B.C. Supreme

AR prelimi cy hi rings
jin. ‘chauibers,' Justice “A.G.
Me

ser Oct. 26 in:an attempt to

recoup more than $10 million: to

owed by Kaiser Resources on

a promissory note issued Oct.::

uy 1980.
- The petition was filed 12

days after Kaiser failed :to-:
pay a $1.4-million installment ;

on the loan. ‘
Kaiser Resources | claims
there are no grounds for th

(bankruptey’ suit: ‘because’:
far the res

ut down. Kaiser bankruptcy taken
, to Supreme Court |

When one company 1 m ue

to put another. into: bank-)
Tuptcy and the action is:con-;
tested; the Bankruptcy: Act
provides for a civil court trial:
to settle:the. matter.) 5.)

Justice : McKinnon: ruled’,
Friday there is sufficient evi-.
dence to permit a’ ‘trial, and
issued an’ order, ‘restraining
Kaiser ‘Resources * and: its‘

‘officers “fromi in any: way en:
its

led “the” bank- sisithe only, victim ‘of deling:
ition “against 'Kai-

\“We're still going to‘show. .

that the Bymiod notes be
viable.",

pany. .intimations that they.
bras suguested closure of.the

We Ray them. to ‘the :
honest with us,". Bannert.
said: “We did not ask:them to
close: the. plywood plant. We.
made well-researched, sound

teeommendations’ on: how’ to.)
run it in the long range.”

KFP was one of the com-
+ panies d-by the

VANCOUVER (CP). —Jim
Kinnaird * was: re-elected by
acclamation ‘to. third two:

yearterm Friday. a8 pres-
Tent of the B.C. Federation
of Labor, but the unanimous
support .was tempered by

igrumblings about the size of

his pay increase.

‘The :860 ‘delegates - voted
quietly without ’* debate
Thursday afternoon to raise

:Ki 's salary 16 per cent’

+ government to‘B.C. Resourc-
es ‘Investment ‘Corp. : (B.C.*
Timber's' parent

to $56,000 a‘year. The rec-
ommendation was made’ by
the f

- when. that. company. was
formed 'in'1978;"'."*

In 1974, the former ‘NDP
‘government. pald $9 million
for the \sawmill,”’ plywood
| plant and’ 17,000‘hectares ‘of
timber ‘owned by KFP.

which had investigated. rela-

tive salary structures’ ‘of sim-

lar organizations, |

Kinnaird said he didn't feel
uncomfortable about accept-
ing the wage increase despite
the fact. thousands of fed-

eratio n ‘members are unem-.
ployed..and thousands. . of.
others are accepting modest,
pay, increases ‘from employ.

ers during difficult economic.

times. -

-“There's no > doubt Jim. has
done an excellent job for
labor and: that he deserves.
his salary, but you have to
wonder from a ‘public rela-

“tions point: of ‘view. his. de-.
‘cision to'take that increase,”

said one delegate who did not
want to be named. es
“It would have looked bet-
ter if he had offered to take
something Jess than 16 per
cent.” s
Secretary-treasurer Mike
Kramer also was re-elected
by acclamation as were the
eight incumbent. vice-presi-

or.
.asseta’’: until: the bankruptey! |:
bettleds?~-=~t- <2!

dents. Two new ga
dents and 20 executive coun-
cil members also won spots:
unopposed,

After his election on , the
final day of the relatively”
‘quiet, week-long convention, ::
Kinnaird told reporters labor.
_ 4s in for a tough bargaining
year when its major battle,
,will be fighting snplayee,

;2mployment rolls by the end:
of the year — later in the day.”

have. to keep ‘pressure on
government to. offset that
hardship.” ey

free information
‘and estimates

SNOW REMOVAL:

S crow picks

10S City’ we
snow the: rain didn't wash’ away ‘this week: ‘Bur this

won't be. that: ‘common a: sig t this year ground %

Ifcity snow removal opera? ;
tions luring ~ ‘this’ week's
‘didn’t ‘appear ‘to?

, be what they. were, last year,

it’s because: they aren't. As*
part of its ‘restraint program
counell “recently agreed |

standby"! too } maintain #
Columbia ‘Ave. the: jboenital 3
ae he

best they:\can.!

TKe city. ‘vill also retain the!
same ‘priorities ‘for’ plowing.”
various streets,’ however,

public; eworks! officials :now *

down’ its pulp mill in this north coast city and three of four
““gawinills- gion Nov. 28, throwing about’ 1,700
emlorees, out’ of! work for at least four months, a
f man said Friday.

chairman’ Ald Len Embree more , remote “signs will ‘be
noted that the current policy.‘ revised’ in'the ‘future.

“ensures that the city'is kept ‘As well, ‘Baines ‘said a sign

informed of: street light atthe north end of the road

“warn that snot could
ke longer: to. complete.

‘As’ well; snow removal in’
4 be downtown area’ will still <'

done this.year, but not as
ently, ‘And ‘there 'wor't

‘any? snow ‘removal from *

latreat lights wig
a'résident: Council’

of Vietoria to, begin

already ; being‘: changed to

and hi arecord of across Keenleyzide Dam will

repairs. ‘ z erected showing the’ way .| :

to! ‘Syringa Creek Provincial
° Park:2
lim: Counedl .; has: complained
 spiveral: times over the‘ past.
+ few-years about the absence.
“of Castlegar'’on: “highway
; ‘signs along Highway ‘8. :}'
“ :Mayor, ‘city aldermen and
Cece wil tere ‘employees “will ‘receive’? a
s tion”. on many!’ ‘raise in their per diem allow-
'8isigns, according ‘ance. “The raise amounts to'a
ays 33) /per’.cent’ increase from

and Murray, Consultants Ltd.

ines, munici-\:-amount ‘covers cost’ of’ meals
pal programs technician, : ‘said. ‘for ’’a “day*:.while |: mayor,
in << the’: aldermen and city employees

/'The'announcement in a news release‘came less than
*! 24 hours after BC Timber said it was permanently closing
Kootenay Forest plywood division in Nelson, putting 160
> employees out of work.
“4 o "The ‘closure ‘affects 800 workers at the pulp mill,
represented by the Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada,
{and another 950 workers at the Sk and Pohl
‘in ‘Terrace, another sawmill in the Indian village of Kit-
wanga, the Renn ‘mill’in Hazelton as well as loggers

‘PRINCE RUPERT (CP) — BC ‘iimber, will shut °

the Canadian jumber' v being gota on'the world market, he |’
said in an interview.

‘The devaluation drove down the cost of kraft pulp to
$420 a ton. He expects that price to drop to $400, the”
lowest price in the past 10 years, he said, adding BC <::
Timber ‘couldn't compete with’ Scandanavian countries
because the company’s costs were too high. ¥

Waterland said he was told the company will sey a ‘
- the‘ federal-p forestry.
through the‘ difficult times: ‘The company is alse i #
survive until the times‘ get better and’ workers can be
rehired, he: said.

Meanwhile, Joseph’ LeBlanc, president of the Pulp,
Paper and Woodworkers of Canadas, said the union was

supplying; the, mills, who are | rep by ' the
‘International, Woodworkers of America.

The mill in Kitwanga will continue to operate until it
fills'a lumber order destined for the United Kingdom, a
f company press release said.

: The company says it will review the market demand,
“now at 1975 levels, in March, 1988, to see if the pulp mill

sean operate in the second quarter, next year.
4 : Re-opening of the ‘sawmills and - woods operations,
“where most employees have worked little time this year,
}.,depends on the pulp mills’ demand for: ‘wood fibre, as well

}-as lumber prices.

‘). Current.demand for pulp, now at the’ lowest level
‘igince 1975, doesn't warrant pulp mill operations in the

first quarter of 1983, the president said."
In, Victoria, B.C. Forests Minister Tom d

over the because it
means another four months of down time.” :
ere is nothing ‘more’ we can do,” said LeBlanc,
“Thi it duced costs as‘much as possible.
The factors that caused the layoffs are totally beyond are
control.”

LeBlanc said the main problem that the union faces is
administering: the seniority : jclaiase of the collective i
agreement,

“There’will be some work’ available, but weare =:
experiencing difficulties in putting people into those fobs!
by virtue of seniority,” said LeBlanc. “If there are any
bitter feelings as a result: ofthis thing, they are being
caused: over: this whole’ issue of seniority.” ‘ E

LeBlanc said the union had “looked: into the federal

% “paid be was concerned but not surprised that BC Timber
+: 4s ‘closing down: the operations.
: ‘The final blow to BC Timber's pulp operation was the

“include Castle while ‘costs are’ separate.

of
ies’ lumber. p a 16-per-cent over

which gives'those*

"3 job sharing earlier, but there was | -
too manys’ loopholes for it‘to be applicable’ ‘to our ::
situation.” :

He said the union will meet all next week and will >
look'at the possibility of instituting a shorter work week ‘
in an effort to'save some jobs. $